Competition under high and low nutrient levels among three grassland species occupying different positions in a successional sequence

New Phytologist

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 547-559

  Schippers, Peter ^a,b   Snoeijing, Ineke ^a   Kropff, Martin J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biomass turnover; Competitive asymmetry; Competitive response; Seasonal change; Specific leaf area; Specific shoot height; Succession

Indexed keywords

INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUCCESSION;

ANTHOXANTHUM ODORATUM; FESTUCA OVINA; HOLCUS LANATUS;

EID: 0032741117     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.1999.00481.x     Document Type: Article

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